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Online, Interactive Dashboards Analyze Data on Homicides and Nonfatal Shootings in City of Milwaukee

August 21, 2020

Milwaukee – The rates of homicides and nonfatal shootings in Milwaukee have risen steadily throughout 2020. Through the month of July, there was an approximate 90 percent increase in homicides and a … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Homicides, Medical College of Wisconsin, Shootings

More than 50 Dead, More than 500 Injured in Las Vegas Mass Shooting

October 7, 2017

By Freddie Allen (Editor- In-Chief, NNPA Newswire) Las Vegas authorities have identified Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old White man from Mesquite, Nevada, as the gunmen in one of the deadliest … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Freddie Allen, Jason Aldean, Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Mass Shootings, Shootings, Stephen Paddock

Vigil Held For Za’layia Jenkins

June 11, 2016

On Sunday the community came together to stop the violence at 15th & Meinecke Ave for the 9 year old girl that was shot in cross fire one month ago. Photos by KiA … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Fatal Shooting, Shootings, Vigils and Tributes, Za'layia Jenkins

Police Still Looking for Information on Shootings of 2 Young Girls

November 15, 2014

By Karen Stokes Milwaukee and Racine police are looking for information on two separate shootings last week involving young children. Laylah Petersen 5, of Milwaukee and Ja’Nyela Marsh-Highshaw 4, … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Edward A Flynn, Fatal Shooting, Gun Violence, Karen Stokes, Laylah Peterson, Shootings

Mayor, police chief and community react to recent violence in the city of Milwaukee

August 2, 2014

By Karen Stokes Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn announced at a press conference July 24, after yet another shooting involving children in the city of Milwaukee, that there … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Edward A Flynn, Gun Violence, John McVicker, Karen Stokes, Mario Dickerson, Octavia Burton, Shootings, Tom Barrett, Tracey Dent

Shooting of an 11-year-old girl

May 24, 2014

Milwaukee Police are investigating the shooting of an 11-year-old girl that happened on the playground of Clarke Street School located at 28th and Clarke Streets shortly before 7 p.m. on May … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Clarke Street School, Shootings, Sierra Guyton

Aldi customer speaks out on aftermath of shooting

February 11, 2012

By Lynda L. Jones A quick stop into the grocery store last week turned into more than what one local man was looking for, when he found himself faced with a potentially life versus death … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Aldi, Concealed Carry, Dierre Cotton, Edyon Hibbler, Lynda Jones, Lynda L. Jones, Nazir Al-Mujaahid, Robbery, Shootings

Alderwoman Coggs decries murders, calls for collaboration with residents

November 25, 2011

The 6th District has witnessed three shootings in the past week within our neighborhoods and two of the cases, the shootings at 3244 N. 9th St. and 3043 N. Buffum St., still have no suspect in … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Homicides, Milele A. Coggs, Shootings

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